Guns in U.S. Parks

Attached as an amendment to the Credit Card Reform Bill that was signed into law by President Obama was a provision that permits guns to be carried into United States Parks.

That would make the National Rifle Association very happy and 2nd Amendment Rights people ecstatic.

It infuriates others.

Parks advocates are aghast at the notion of people packing pistols while coming to see Old Faithful or other national park treasures. The nation’s parks are special places, they argue. Current rules required guns to be stored and disassembled. The new law will take effect in nine months. [Las Vegas Sun]

How did Nevada’s elected representatives vote? Everyone of them voted for allowing the firearms in the federal parks.

Representative Dean Heller voted for the gun provision, but against the credit card bill. (Note: I don’t quite know how one can do that, but it is what the Sun reported.)

Senator Ensign, according to the Sun, was absent on the vote, he was playing golf in his son’s tournament.

The NRA applauded Senator Reid.

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